Nigeria, Aug. 11 -- Earlier this year, Mustapha Inuwa and Lawal Daura were among the political heavyweights attempting to build a formidable opposition platform to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State.

By Sunday, that emerging alliance had splintered.

Mr Inuwa, a former secretary to the Katsina State Government and the first APC chairman in Katsina, announced that he and his supporters were returning to the ruling party.

Mr Daura, a former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), chose a different destination, moving to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).

The two politicians left the African Democratic Congress (ADC) with essentially the same complaint: allegations that the party failed to ...